Post Malone summoned the spirit of the late Kurt Cobain for a COVID-19 benefit on Friday (April 24). The 15-song, 80-minute set included classic Nirvana songs such as “About a Girl,” “Heart-Shaped Box” and “Come As You Are.”
With his Bud Light in hand and rocking a floral dress in true Cobain fashion, the multiplatinum-selling artist was joined by Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, bassist Brian Lee and guitarist Nick Mack who were all practicing social distancing in other rooms inside Post’s Salt Lake City home.
And while the consensus on social media was overwhelmingly positive, the event was about more than simply sharing a few tunes with his fans. According to TMZ, he raised $1 million within the first hour of the virtual concert and the number has since climbed to over $4.3 million.
Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselić said, “I don’t think these fellows can play any better. They are on fire!!!!” while adding he was “holding emotions back the whole show.”
Cobain’s widow and lead singer of Hole Courtney Love also weighed in on social media with, “GOOSEBUMPS! FUCK YES.”
Fans can still donate on the YouTube page of the performance. All proceeds go to the United Nations Foundation’s Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund for The World Health Organization.
Watch the full performance below.
Post fits better in this genre than in Hip Hop or whatever that sh*t is called that he thinks is music
His bank account says otherwise grandpa
Great work. Post a real 1.
He sounded so bad throughout this whole tribute. Like every single song was butchered, but hey props to him for doing it for a good cause.
Kurt sounded bad too though if you wanna get technical
I’d have to respectfully disagree, but hey it’s all good man. Kurt wasnt everybody’s cup of tea.
Can we take a minute to appreciate the butter on this man’s teeth in that pic? Ole Orville Redenbacher lookin..
I’m absolutely sure Kurt Cobain would have been so proud of this young lad !
Kurt Cobain was hella rayciss doe
What?? Kurt cobain said he wouldn’t try rap music because he thinks the white man has took enough from the black man already
there is no fuckin way this guy isn’t a joo.. he has all the hallmarks of a joo, the curly hair, the rat-like facial features, plus he works in entertainment industry which we all know is controlled by joos.. you know sometimes these joos even change their names and some go as far as going thru plastic surgery to fix their noses, eyes, ears, those gross jooish features.. they are called crypto-joos, they pretend to be white.. thats why the joos started pushing for circumcision in the united states, so they could better hide amongst whitey..also circumcision creates psychopaths, so you get never ending supply of blood hungry idiots willing to die for lsrael in the middle-east..
Trump? Is that you?